diff --git a/src/backend/app/users/user_deps.py b/src/backend/app/users/user_deps.py
index 82984d2c..29fd0c2c 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/users/user_deps.py
+++ b/src/backend/app/users/user_deps.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+import jwt
 from app.users.user_logic import verify_token
-from fastapi import HTTPException, Request, Header
+from fastapi import HTTPException, Request, Security
+from fastapi.security.api_key import APIKeyHeader
 from app.config import settings
 from app.users.auth import Auth
 from app.users.user_schemas import AuthUser
 from loguru import logger as log
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-import jwt
 
 
 async def init_google_auth():
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ async def init_google_auth():
 
 
 async def login_required(
-    request: Request, access_token: str = Header(None)
+    request: Request, access_token: str = Security(APIKeyHeader(name="access-token"))
 ) -> AuthUser:
     """Dependency to inject into endpoints requiring login."""
     if settings.DEBUG:
@@ -41,9 +42,6 @@ async def login_required(
     if not access_token:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="No access token provided")
 
-    if not access_token:
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="No access token provided")
-
     try:
         user = verify_token(access_token)
     except HTTPException as e: